School of Visual Arts
MFA in Interaction Design
INTERACTION DESIGNER · SVA, NEW YORKSELECTED WORK / 2024—26
Serious
about play.
I’m Echo, an interaction design student at SVA.
Some ideas become screens. Some become chairs.
Some ask you to clap.
01 / SELECTED WORK
Thoughtfully made.
Curiously connected.
From asking better questions
to making something you can try.
05 PROJECTS
Explore the full portfolio ↗02 / THE PLAYGROUND
Less scrolling.
More playing.
Experiments in code, motion, and interaction.
Open one. See what happens.
Each experiment runs on its original website. Camera and audio are activated inside the project when you choose to use them.
03 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PIXELS
A designer.
A maker.
Always curious.
Xiwen Yan↳ also Echo
I’m pursuing an MFA in Interaction Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York, with a background in industrial design. My work moves between digital interfaces, physical experiences, and visual communication.
Download résumé ↓View résumé online ↗EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION
Beijing Gehua Design
Design Intern
Visitor journeys & exhibition interfaces +
Independently designed a task-based journey for a proposed imperial-cuisine exhibition, connecting exhibits with ingredient collection, cooking choices, and personal feedback. Iterated interfaces and proposed merchandise and restaurant collaborations while balancing budget and production constraints.
COSCO Seafarer Management
Visual Design Intern
A visual language for a cultural market +
Designed posters, staff badges, invitations, and interactive check-in stations for the Haiyuji maritime culture market. Worked with a nine-person design team using shared assets to maintain consistency.
Shanghai Maritime University
B.Eng. in Industrial Design
My toolkit
User research · User flows · Wireframing · Usability testing
Figma · Photoshop · Illustrator · Rhino · Blender · KeyShot · D5 · Arduino
Beyond design: food and lifestyle content on RedNote, including a post with 700K views and 34K likes; team leader for the Dachuan heritage preservation project, documenting craft and building 3D models and a website demo.
04 / AWARDS
Awards
Selected awards & scholarships · 2023–2025
National Third Prize
China Creative Challenges Contest
Shanghai Second Prizes · 2024 & 2025
Gold & Bronze
FA International Frontier Innovation Design Competition
China Division
Silver & 2 Bronze
ICAD International Contemporary Youth Art Design Competition
Silver Award
Global Visio International Design
Provincial Silver
Eastern Creative Star Design
Team project
Second Prize
Huichuang Youth · Shanghai Student Creative Works Exhibition
Product Design
SMU Scholarship
Shanghai Maritime University
HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND?
Let’s makesomething click. ↗